Pudeur
/pydœʁ/noun
French for modesty, bashfulness, or a sense of decency.
Did you know?Pudeur ultimately comes from Latin *pudor*, a word for shame or modesty, tied to the old idea that social order begins with what must be hidden.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
pudor
“shame, modesty, sense of decency”
Late Latin
Latin
pudorem
“shame; modesty”
Old French
Old French
pudeur
“modesty, bashfulness, shamefacedness”
Modern French
French
pudeur
“modesty, reserve, decency”